At the end of each regular season, the American Athletic Conference names major award winners in baseball.
The selections are determined by a vote of the conference's coaches at the end of each regular season.
After the season, he was selected in the third round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals.
Gardner had been selected as the Preseason Player of the Year, and in the regular season, he led the conference in slugging percentage, runs batted in, and total bases.
In the summer of 2014, Lantrip played for the California Collegiate League's Santa Barbara Foresters, and Rosa played for the Staten Island Tide of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League.